---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public hearings on homelessness issues held by the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless."
description: "Relating to public hearings on homelessness issues held by the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1278"
citation: "Texas HB 1278 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HOMELESS (S0243)", "HOMELESS", "TEXAS INTERAGENCY COUNCIL FOR THE (V0299)", "Housing--Homeless Persons (I0404)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Campos", "Morales Shaw"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-22"
last_action: "2021-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3fab201-7a8d-4de5-9496-f2b7d4818adf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1278.xml"
source_hash: "5116eed74110bc4db8df30e235ec05396f0082c33becc8020cf70489200c9817"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas HB 1278 (87) — Relating to public hearings on homelessness issues held by the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01278I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01278E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01278H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01278S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01278F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Campos — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-22** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Urban Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-07** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-14** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-22** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-23** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-04-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-30** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-30** Record vote
- **2021-04-30** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-30** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-10** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-17** Left pending in committee
- **2021-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-22** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-18** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3fab201-7a8d-4de5-9496-f2b7d4818adf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).